Adjustable aligning gauge



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ADJUSTABLE ALIGNING GAUGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1921.

Ldzas ms, Patented Dec. 12,1922

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tWHTED STATES FAiENT ALFRED W. SOBE, OF YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE ALIGNING GAUGE.

Application filed January 15, 1921. Serial No. 437,377.

To all 707L071? it may concern. I

Be it known that I. ALFRED N. Sonn, a citizen of France, residing at NewYork, in the county of New York and State of New York. have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Aligning Gauges. ofwhich the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is the provision of an implementuseful to guide plasterers. decorators, carpenters, and other interiorworkers or finishers in their Work in laying out designs, jambs,moldings, etc.

Another object is to provide such a device of simple construction andoperation, which is at the same time inexpensive in cost of manufactureand which may be quickly and securely set in any desired position forthe running of a guide line, and which may readily be removed from anyposition.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the descriptionbelow, in which similar characters of reference refer to likenamed partsin the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view ofthe interior of a room illustrating one application of the device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is an edgewise view of the same.

Fig. l is an enlarged perspective view of the slidable tongue to which aguide line may be secured.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents one of the endmembers of the device and 2 the other, these members being joined by aflexible strip 3, and rivets or screws lsecure the members 1 and 2rigidly to the strip 3. Fixed in members 1 and 2 are outwardly inclinedpointed pins 5 adapted to grip into wood or other material to hold thedevice in position, and finger pull rings 6 are pivotally attached tothe ends of the strip by means of which the device may be held in onehand and bent as desired.

Near the outer edge of the member 2 is mounted a pair of spaced parallelguides 7 constituting a slideway 8 in. which a. plate 9 is slidablymounted, the plate having a flexible tongue 10 and a resilient clip 11is cut out of the body thereof and adapted topress against the base ofthe runway in order to resiliently retain the slide plate in anyposition in the runway.

The tip of the plate is also adapted to press against the wall orsurface by which the member 2 is supported, and a guide wire or cord maybe suspended from or secured to said tongue.

One of the guides 7 is provided with a scale as shown.

In many lines of construction work as carpente'ing, plastering anddecorating, it is often necessary to lay lines parallel to somedefinitely fixed point as a wall, ceiling or floor, an accomplishmentusually attained by driving nails in to the walls or floors, connectingthem with a chalked ,cord which on being snapped imprints a mark on theadjacent surface. If other lines parallel to the first are requiredother nails must be placed and later withdrawn causing damage ordefacement'to the surfaces in which they were driven. 7

These evident objections are very materially overcome by the use of thedevice, which may be attached to practically any surface without seriousdamage by means of its small stout spurs, the flexible metal strippermitting its application in corners, over mouldings and other places.

In wall decorations the device may be attached to wall and ceiling, aplumb line de pending from the slide acting as a guide positioningmaterial in perpendicular arrangement.

In floor laying it may be desirable to use two of these devices one ateither side of the room and connecting the slides by a chalked line orwire, arranged parallel by measuring from a wall, other parallel linesbeing obtained by moving the slides along the graduated plates.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the class describedcomprising an elongated resilient member, elongated head elementsattached to each end of said member transversely thereof, the headsbeing provided with spurs for attachment to surfaces meeting at anangle.

2. A. device of the class described comprising an elongated resilientmember, elongated head elements attached transversely to each end ofsaid member, means for detachably engaging the device to surfacesmeeting at an angle, there being a T shaped slot arranged longitudinallyon one of said heads, and a slide operable in said slot.

3. A device of the class described comprish ing an elongated resilientmember, elon gated head elements attached transversel to each end ofsaid member, means for detachably engaging the device to surfacesmeeting at an angle one of said heads having a T shaped longitudinallyextending guide slot, there being a graduated scale adjacent the slot, aslide operable in the slot and c0- operating with said scale, resilientmeans formed with said slide adapted to maintain it in adjustment, andgrips for releasing the 10 device from the supporting surfaces.

' In Witness whereof I affix my signature.

ALFRED W. SOBE.

